LEEDS PAPERS. Vol. LV (ff. 80). A collection of tracts and other papers, transcribed in the same hand, relating to currency, politics, etc., and including many by Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, 1st Bart.; 17th cent. (aft. 1638). (1) 'Of the Proceedings aga... 17th century

Catherine, of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1485-1536

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Catherine of Aragon (16 December 1485 – 7 January 1536) was Queen of England as the first wife of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 11 June 1509 until their annulment on 23 May 1533. She was previously Princess of Wales as the wife of Henry's elder brother, Arthur, Prince of Wales. The daughter of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon, Catherine was three years old when she was betrothed to Prince Arthur, heir apparent to the English throne. They married in 1501, but Arthur di...

Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547

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Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is best known for his six marriages, and for his efforts to have his first marriage to Catherine of Aragon annulled. His disagreement with Pope Clement VII about such an annulment led Henry to initiate the English Reformation, separating the Church of England from papal authority. He appointed himself Supreme Head of the Church of England and dissolved convents and monasteries, for w...

Cecil, Robert

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Walsingham, Francis, Sir, of Add MS 33531

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Devereux, Robert, 3rd Earl of Essex

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Privy Council, The (active 1100-1999)

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Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598

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Thomas Sackville, Baron Buckhurst, as the Queen's personal envoy, was sent to France in February 1571 to negotiate a marriage between Elizabeth I and Henry, Duke of Anjou (later Henry III, King of France). In August of that year Buckhurst accompanied the French envoy Paul de Foix to England to further the marriage negotiations. From the description of Autograph letter signed from William Cecil, Baron Burghley, to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester [manuscript], 1571 August 11. (Folger ...

Osborne, Thomas, Earl of Danby; 1st Duke of Leeds 1691

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Parliament (active 0601-1988)

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Weston, Richard

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Bacon, Francis, of Add MS 32484

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Cotton, Robert, Sir, 1571-1631

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English antiquary. From the description of Abstract by Sir Robert Cotton, 1600. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 48840411 From the description of Abstract by Sir Robert Cotton, 1600. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 52263047 Antiquarian. From the description of Antiquarian collection of Sir Robert Cotton, 1577-1608. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78915327 Epithet: antiquary Title: 1st Baronet ...

Osborne, George William Frederick, -1838, 6th Duke of Leeds

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Cope, Walter, Sir, active 17th century, of Egerton MS 3378

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Palmer, Andrew, active 17th century, Assay Master of the Mint

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Hampden, John, active 17th century, statesman

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Cecil, Edward

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